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There’s more than one route into studying in our creative community. From Evening & Saturday Courses, to Foundation and BA courses, to research degrees, you’ll find a path through AUB that suits you. Simply select the course level you’d like to study.

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We believe people learn best in a vibrant, caring environment. We want to help you thrive while you’re here.

On campus, you’ll find lots of great resources, facilities and, most importantly, a friendly environment. Lots of the courses overlap or collaborate, so you’ll meet plenty of new friends studying other subjects.

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Established in 1885 as a specialist institution, Arts University Bournemouth is a leading University offering high quality specialist education in art, design, media and performance across the creative industries.

We’re passionate about the creative subjects we teach and continue to encourage curiosity, risk-taking and adventure in exploring and pushing subject knowledge and its boundaries.

The University is situated two miles from the centre of Bournemouth, on the border between Bournemouth and Poole. Here are details on how to get in touch and how find us.

At AUB, our flourishing research and scholarship culture celebrates and enables original investigation; extending knowledge fields and developing new understanding within the arts.

By promoting the pursuit of innovation and creativity, we encourage opportunities for establishing and sharing best practice in research and foster the development of critical perspectives that have traditionally lain outside discrete disciplines. We encourage the use of reflective teaching and learning practices as part of an interactive relationship with research.

Staff research is supported from within AUB by grants for particular projects and by a Research Fellowship programme offering generous remission from teaching and administration. Researchers are also encouraged to apply for external funding for the full range of research from practice through history and theory.

A proactive Research Forum enables staff to present work in progress and to hear and participate in discussions of research by distinguished visitors. Training and advice is available to those intending to apply for external funding.

The University occupies a significant position in the cultural nexus of the south west. The University’s own Gallery is an important showcase for creative work and there are established links with other arts institutions in the area.

Illustration student designs shop window display

Rachel hand illustrated the design, featuring various buildings and landmarks of Brighton, in the space of one day and created a time lapse video of the process.

Rachel tells us more about how the opportunity came about: “For my ‘Visual Thinking’ unit in first year, we were required to make a zine. Using the starting point of capitalism, I decided to base my zine on independent shops in Brighton’s famous North Laines. I taught myself a freehand machine embroidery technique and ended up making a fully stitched material zine called ‘Independent Brighton’. After the university shared this project on social media, one of the shops I featured, ‘Posh Totty Designs’ came into contact with me and asked if I wanted to collaborate on a window display.

After meeting with the shop’s team, I came up with the design including a skyline of Brighton. Since I moved to Brighton last year, I have found the city very inspiring and wanted to embrace that. I also used the theme of fireworks night to give the design more of a relevant context, adding fireworks above the iconic Brighton buildings! I’ve never done anything like this before so the whole concept has been very exciting for me.”

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